U.S. beat Austria 5-3 in opening game of Hockey World Championship

The U.S. (in blue) rallied from down 2-0 to beat Austria 5-3 in its opening game at the ice hockey world championship.

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HELSINKI (AP) The United States rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to beat Austria 5-3 in its opening game at the ice hockey world championship Saturday.

Russia began the defense of its title with a 6-0 win over Latvia.

David Moss began the Americans' comeback off a rebound in the first period, and defenseman Erik Johnson opened and closed the second period with power-play goals. In between, Tim Stapleton and Aaron Palushaj also scored.

Nick Bjugstad, Justin Faulk and Drew LeBlanc each had two assists.

Austria went up on Manuel Latusa's slap shot and Daniel Welser's rebound score within 40 seconds of each other.